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Johanna Müller1, Sophie Hermann1, Florian Sammüller1
1Theoretische Physik II, Physikalisches Institut, <a href="https://ror.org/0234wmv40">Universität Bayreuth</a>, D-95447 Bayreuth, Germany.
Abstract:
We identify a recently proposed shifting operation on classical phase space as a gauge transformation for statistical mechanical microstates. The infinitesimal generators of the continuous gauge group form a noncommutative Lie algebra, which induces exact sum rules when thermally averaged. Gauge invariance with respect to finite shifting is demonstrated via Monte Carlo simulation in the transformed phase space which generates identical equilibrium averages. Our results point toward a deeper basis of statistical mechanics than previously known, and they offer avenues for systematic construction of exact identities and of sampling algorithms.
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